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RESETTING LOST ROOT PASSWORD IN XENSERVER 6.2

THE SITUATION
Bad things can happen... badly. In this case the root password to manage a XenServer (version 6.2) was... lost.
Physical or remote login to the XenServer 6.2 host failed authentication, naturally, and XenCenter had been disconnected from the host: requiring an
administrator to provide these precious credentials, but in vein.
AN ALTERNATE SITUATION
Had XenCenter been left open ( offering command line access to the XenServer host in question) the following command could have been used from the
XenServer's command line as to initiate a root password reset:
passwd
Once the root user's password has been changed the connection to the host from XenCenter to the XenServer host will need to be reestablished: using the
root username and "new" password.
Once connected the remainder of this article becomes irrelevant otherwise you may very well need to...
BOOT INTO LINUX SINGLE USER MODE

Be it forgetfulness, change of guard, another administrator changing the password, or simply a typo in company documentation, the core problem being
address via this post is that one cannot connect to XenServer 6.2 as the root password is... lost or forgotten.
As a secondary problem, one has lost patience and has obtained physical or iLO/iDRAC access to the XenServer in question, but still the root password is not
accepted:
THE SHORTEST SOLUTION: BREAKING THE LAW OF PHYSICAL SECURITY

I am not encouraging hacking, but that physical interaction with the XenServer in question and altering the boot to "linux single user mode" is the last solution
to this problem. To do this, one will need have/understand:
Physical Access, iLO, iDRAC, etc

A rebooted of the XenServer in question will be required
With disclaimers aside I now highly recommend reading and reviewing the steps outlined below before going through the motions.
Some steps are time sensitive, so being prepared is merely a part of the overall pla.
1. After gaining physical or iLO/iDRAC access to the XenServer in question, reboot it! With iLO and iDRAC, there are options to hard or soft reset a system
and either option is ne.
2. Burn the following image into your mind for after the server reboots and runs through hardware BIOS/POST tests, you will see the following for 5
seconds (or so):
3. Immediately grab the keyboard and enter the following:
menu.c32 (press enter)
4. The menu.c32 boot prompt will appear and again, you will only have 5 or so seconds to select the "XE" entry and pressing tab to edit boot options:
5. Now, at the bottom of the screen one will see the boot entry information. Don't worry, you have time so make sure it is similar to the following:
6. Near the end of the, one should see "console=tty0 quiet vga=785 splash quiet": replace "quiet vga=785 splash" with "linux single". More speci cally -
without the quotes - such as:
linux single
7. With that completed, simply press enter as to boot into Linux's single user mode. You should eventually be dropped into a command line prompt (as
illustrated below):
8. Finally, we can reset the root password to something one can remember by executing the Linux command:
passwd
9. When prompted, enter the new root user password: you will be asked to verify it and upon success you should see the following:
10. Now, enter the following command to reboot the XenServer in question:
reboot
11. Obviously, this will reboot the XenServer as illustrated below:
12. Let the system fully reboot and present the xsconsole. To verify that the new password has taken affect, select "Local Command Shell" from xsconsole.
This will require you to authenticate as the root user:
13. If successful you will be dropped to the local command shell and this also means you can reconnect and manage this XenServer via XenCenter with the
new root password!
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Davide Poletto Saturday, 12 July 2014
Basically it's a matter of entering in Linux Single User mode to (re)initialize root's password before XenServer starts its boot procedure.
Just noted that you wrote "menu.32 (press enter)" on Step 3 but the command that should be entered at boot console is menu.c32 instead (as per successive
screenshots provided) so, maybe, please correct that tiny initial typo.
Then in Step 6, IMHO, should be bettera wording like "replace quiet vga=785 splash with linux single option" keeping the remaining other options unchanged
or, at least, something more articulated like "delete everything between console=tty0 and --- /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img in order to add the linux single
option".
I personally prefer the rst version. It's concise enough and don't let user to misunderstood what they should replace without saying anything like "before
this/after that/between this and that".
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Davide Poletto Saturday, 12 July 2014
Basically it's a matter of entering in Linux Single User mode to (re)initialize root's password before XenServer starts its boot procedure.
Just noted that you wrote "menu.32 (press enter)" on Step 3 but the command that should be entered in the boot console is menu.c32 instead (as per
successive provided screenshots) so, maybe, please correct that tiny typo.
In Step 6, IMHO, should be better a wording like "replace quiet vga=785 splash with linux single option" keeping the remaining boot options unchanged or, at
least, write something more articulated like "delete every option that is between console=tty0 and --- /boot/initrd-2.6-xen.img in order to add the linux
single option".
I prefer the rst version. It's more concise and it doesn't let the user to misunderstood (whit instructions containing words like "before/after/between") what
they should do.
Nice post!
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JK Benedict (http://sheeptesting.com) Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Davide,
Thanks for the feedback: it is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
--jkbs
@xenfomation
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Tobias Kreidl Saturday, 12 July 2014
Great article, Jesse, and thank you for sharing something that many of us have run into at one time or another!
Another option -- once you have entered "menu.c32" after the "linux boot:" prompt (for which you are only given a couple of seconds) -- is that in editing the
"xe" entry, you can just add "single" after the "vga=785" token and the server will come up in single user mode. This will not give you much functionality, but
enough to be able to issue the "password" command and reset your root password.
Sometimes you will run into a strange situation where you have errors that prevent a successful boot, such as one case we encountered with multiple error
messages like "Asking for cache data failed" and numerous lines similar to "Buffer I/O error on device sdc, logical block 0" and the same error for many other
devices (sdd, sde, etc.). In this case, when the XenServer console gets to the point where it says "welcome to XenServer, press 'I' to enter interactive startup,"
you hit "I" and when prompted for which services to run, you carefully say "Y" to all questions until you reach "attach-static-vdis" to which you reply "N", and
then you can hit "C" to continue without further prompts. This will at least allow you to get to a shell prompt and further investigate what the issue may be.
Other situations may require judgement as to what service to run or not, but the concept is the same.
Again, many thanks for documenting scenarios like these that are particularly useful to those who do not deal with Linux at this sort of level on any regular
basis and which are lifesavers when you encounter a bad situation like this. For example, many of us have heard of XenServer sys admins having to take over
XenServers in situations where their predecessors left no information on the server passwords, so this would be the way to salvage that situation.
-=Tobias
JK Benedict (http://sheeptesting.com) Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Tobias!
Thank you, sir as well as your continued support, annotation, and alternative routes to bene t us all!
--jkbs
@xenfomation
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Arthur B - VM Systems (http://www.vm-systems.com) Wednesday, 17 December 2014
We have an EX Intel Hybrid Cloud server that this does not work on. Is anyone out there available for consulting to get this sorted out? The issue is with
XenServer 6.0.2 and there is no boot prompt.
We've been trying with Citrix for almost 4 hours now and they can't even tell us if we can buy 6.2 license if we can get support on the existing 6.0.2 or what the
case may be.
Just when I thought I was starting to like XenServer
Arthur
JK Benedict (http://blogs.citrix.com/author/jessebe) Thursday, 18 December 2014
Arthur,
Finished retesting. The steps are the same as outlined in this article. If you are not getting a "boot: " prompt, then something is wrong.
However, here are the steps for 6.0.2: you will need either physical access to the console OR iLO/iDRAC access to reboot the machine.
1. During the reboot, after POST and before the Citrix Splash image, the following boot prompt should appear:
2. Type in the following entry and press enter:

menu.c32
3. A list of kernels will appear in a blue menu. By default, "xe" should be select and you should only need to press the TAB key. This will reveal the boot
options as well as stopping the "count down" to boot:
4. With the full kernel params revealed, make certain linux single is entered in (replacing the VGA, quiet, and splash options):
5. Press enter and this will boot into linux single user mode where the command line will be wide open. From there, type in:
passwd
passwd
6. That will allow you to change the root password. Once done, type in reboot:
After rebooting, as I did, you will nd your new password will work quite ne.
Again -- if you post this in the discussions.citrix.com site, please reply back with the URL as so I can respond.
--jkbs | @xenfomation
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Installing XenServer 6.0.2 - build 53456 - right now.
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Tim Mackey Wednesday, 17 December 2014
@Arthur,
If you want to tweet your request and copy @XenServerArmy, I can retweet. In terms of 6.2 license granting support for 6.0.2, part of the challenge is
likely that those two versions had different sales models and associated support contracts.
In an effort to further broaden the request; did you try the try the Citrix support forums: http://discussions.citrix.com/forum/101-xenserver/
(http://discussions.citrix.com/forum/101-xenserver/) Others might have experienced your issue and have suggestions.
-tim
Tim & Arthur,
First, thanks Tim for elding this -- I just saw a response to this article.
Secondly, Tim is correct: the licensing model change to "per-socket" (physical CPU) with the release of 6.1. Furthermore, 6.0.2 (and 6.0.0 including Common
Criteria) both hit End-Of-Sale on JUL 2013 and End-Of-Maintenance on JUN 2014. This information, as well as other version of XenServer, can be found at
http://www.citrix.com/support/product-lifecycle/product-matrix.html (http://www.citrix.com/support/product-lifecycle/product-matrix.html)
Now, that being said, Arthur, I promise you I will most de nitely take a look at this right now in my own personal test environment. I understand your
situation: as a client, an employee, but more importantly - and no "smoke blowing" - as an ADVOCATE of our clients, like Tim and all who I work with.
Lastly, Arthur, if you can log this topic @ discussions.citrix.com, as Tim mentioned, please reply to this thread with the URL to your post as I want to ensure
that:
- This problem is resolved!

- We can exchange private messages to identify what you are looking for, what has failed, and who I need to pull in to ensure your questions are answered!
- Lastly, ensuring you have the appropriate XenServer 6.1 (and beyond) licensing information! If not for clients (such as yourself), well, I wouldn't have such a
wonderful job!
Again, thank you for the elding of this, Tim! and Arthur -- my response will be posted as soon as possible!!
--jkbs | @xenfomation
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Arthur B - VM Systems Monday, 22 December 2014
Thanks so much everyone for your quick response and efforts with this.
I de nitely was NOT getting the boot prompt.... still don't. It's hidden with whatever is left over from the IHC software.
I ended up taking the server out and to our of ce (there were bios passwords as well so I could not boot to a CD) and then to a colleague of mine with lots of
experience with Xen and lots of skill with *nix in general. He was able to reset the password for me.
After that I took it back to my bench, and exported and converted the Xen virtual HD. I then converted it to a VHD. We will see if it will import to Hyper-V. At the
very least I will have a backup.
The server is now up and running back in its rack at the client's
Thanks again and sorry for not replying sooner. By the time I had nished my day I had been going for over 36 hrs straight and needed sleep and then to keep
working on things. I do appreciate the efforts and a community like this is what makes Xen even better.
Have a great holiday.
Arthur
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Shylesh Thursday, 03 March 2016
i used KVM to acess my xenserver, but my pasword is not being accepted, trying this method, but KVM itself closes
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THE SHORTEST SOLUTION: BREAKING THE LAW OF PHYSICAL SECURITY

Physical Access, iLO, iDRAC, etc

3. Immediately grab the keyboard and enter the following:

11. Obviously, this will reboot the XenServer as illustrated below:

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Installing XenServer 6.0.2 - build 53456 - right now.

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